Alfreda Doyle - Having A Mardi Gras

Having A Mardi Gras A Lyrical Celebration

Ta Ta
Ra Ra
We're having a Mardi Gras.

Lights like many a candlebra,
A parade with a big hurrah.

Beads, doubloons and trinkets
In purple, green and gold,
As the celebration does unfold.

People with names like Terra
And Sarah,
Bourgeois and Francois.

Ta Ta
Ra Ra
We're having a Mardi Gras.


Masquerade balls, masks and costumes,
Decorations, fragrances and perfumes.
There is a King Cake,
That many make.

Eating boudain and talking the blah blah,
Laughing in the ha ha.

Blah, blah,
Ha ha,
We're having a Mardi Gras.

Food from the soul,
Like gumbo and shrimp creole.

Red beans and rice,
Jambalaya to eat more than twice.

Lots of music and jazz,
Marching bands and parties of pizzazz.

Ta Ta
Ra Ra
We're having a Mardi Gras.

Alfreda Doyle

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